SELECT AND USE FARM

TOOLS
(HAND TOOLS)
Introduction

Farm tools, implements, and equipment play very important role in

agricultural crop production. Their availability makes the work
much easier and faster. However, even if one may have the most
sophisticated tools and implements, but does not know how to use
them, they are useless. In order to do crop production operations
successfully, one must have a good working knowledge of the tools,
implements and equipment before using them. 2
 Objective(s)
1.1. Identify farm tools according
to use

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Bolo is used for cutting tall
grasses and weeds and
chopping branches of trees.

Crowbar is used for digging

big holes and for digging out
big stones and stumps.
 Pick-mattock is used for
digging canals, breaking hard
topsoil and for digging up stones
and tree stumps.

Grab-hoe is used for

breaking hard topsoil and
pulverizing soil.
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 Spade is used for removing
trash or soil, digging canals or
ditches and mixing soil media.

Shovel is used in removing

trash, digging loose soil,
moving soil from one place to
another and for mixing soil
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 Spading fork is used for
loosening the soil, digging out
root crops and turning over the
materials in a compost heap.

Light hoe is used for loosening

and leveling soil and digging
out furrows for planting

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 Hand trowel is used for
loosening the soil around the
growing plants and putting small
amount of manure fertilizer in the
soil.

Hand cultivator is used for

cultivating the garden plot by
loosening the soil and removing
weeds around the plant.
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 Rake is used for cleaning the
ground and leveling the topsoil.

Hand fork is used for inter row

cultivation.

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 Pruning shear is for cutting
branches of planting
materials and unnecessary
branches of plants.

Axe is for cutting bigger size

post.

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 Knife is for cutting
planting materials and
for performing other
operations in
horticulture

Sprinkler is used for

watering seedlings and
young plants
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 Water pail is used for
hauling water, manure
and fertilizers

Sprayer is used for

spraying insecticides,
foliar fertilizers,
fungicides and herbicides
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 Wheel barrow is used for
hauling trash, manures,
fertilizers, planting materials
and other equipment

Sickle is a hand-held
agricultural tool with a
variously curved blade
typically used for cutting
weeds.
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Thank you!
Ayeza C. Celzo
Subject Teacher